Metal window casing



L. B. TAYLOR METAL WINDOW CASING April` 2l, 1925.

4 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed July 3l, 1922 y ,pril4 21,1925.

L. B. TAYLOR METAL wINDowk cAsING 4 sheets-sheet s Filed Ju1y 31, 1922Patented Apr.- 21, 1925.

LEROY B. TAYLOR, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

METAL WINDOW CASING.

Application filed July `31, 1922. Serial No..578,600.

To all idiom t may concern:

Be it known that I, Lener B. TAYLOR, acitizen of the United States,residing at Cleveland, in the rcounty of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio,have invented' certain new and useful Improvements in Metal lVindowCil-sings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to metal windows, and especially to the casingsthereof, and has for its object to provide a casing which` can bereadily set in the wall and which will form a tight and weather proofjoint with the sash, and at the same time provide a neat appearance, andthe casing' is so constructed that it can readily be installed in place.

The casing is particularly suitable for windows of that type in whichthe sash are mounted between swinging arms so that the sashv can bereversed for the purpose of' cleaning the same, or which canbe opened toa greater or lesser extent. Such a window is shown in my Patents Nos.1,267,745 and 1,267,746, to which reference may be made for thedetailsof construction.

In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is an inside elevation of thewindow, closed.

Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic vert-ical section' illustrating the movement ofthe sashes. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 3h23 of Fig. 1.Fig. 4 is a vertical section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

In the drawings the upper and lower sashesv are indicated at B and Drespectively, each of these being pivoted at about the middle thereof,as shown at 30, to arms indicated respectively at A and C. the lowerends of the arms A and the upper ends of the arms C, being pivoted tothe window casing at 6 and '7 respectively, so that the sashes can beswung inwardly with the arms and then reversed between the arms tolocate them inside out, in the manner described in said patents.

The details of the casing and sash will he more fully apparent from theenlarged sectional `views, Figs. 3 and 4. Each sash comprises an outerframe 8, L-shaped in cross section, with its flange 9 at the outside,and an inner L-frame 10, secured thereto, the

glass 12 being held between the flange 9 on the outer frame and theflange 11 on the inner frame, and the sash includes, at each side, astrip 13 which is spaced from the member 8 by a spacing piece 14,forming a 'groove or grooves indicated at 15 which cls.-

tend vertically in the faces of the sash frame. i

The lower bar of each sash has a depending lip 16 which on the lowersash forms a. tight Astepped cross piece 21 whichrests on the sill or oncement 22 appliedthereto at thel bottom of the window opening. Aninterior metal finish 23 laps the flange 17 on the vcasing member, andthe arms A and C are pivoted to this piece as indicated at 6 and 7 asabove described, a small channel strip 24 being set in between the sashand the casing to forma stop and guide for a connecting bar X, one ofwhich is located at each side ot' the casing, and to which the sashes Band D are pivoted as indicated at Z and Y respectively. Each bar X is anangle bar or platehaving at its inner edge a flange 40 which works in agroove between the edge of the channel 24 and the flange 41 of the sidepiece 23. This bar ties the sash together, so to speak, and alsoprevents the sash from l:Falling out of the window. When the sashes arereversed the bars X slide up and down in their guides, and when thesashes are closed the bars rest in parallelism with the two sashes, withtheir lower ends near the bottom of the casing, as shown yin Fig. 1.

The member 23 has an interior flange 25 which forms the inner finisharound thev casing. The bottom of the casing is finished inside by anangular member 26 which forms the inner sill or ledge, and which hooksover one of the steps or shoulders on the member 21', as indicated at27.

The flange 2() ot' the casing projects into the groove 15 in the sash,when the windows are-closed, as shown in Fig. 3, and thereby forms atight joint, but when the windows are swung open this joint is broken bythe inward movement of the sash. A slight bead 19a on the casing memberprovides a good appearance, and the flange 20, where it enters thegroove 15, forms in effect a weather strip and excludes dust and rain.The casing does not obstruct in any way the inward swing or reversingaction of the sash,

loo I the member 23 providing a surface adjacent the sash which is allin the sarne plane. Preferably, the brick or tile of the outer surlfaceof the Wall will project to form 'a shoulder around the window opening,as

indicated at 30, and the frame is set against.

this shoulder, or against a filling of mortar i at the joint, asindlcated at 31. A

adjacent the Wall and a flange 20 adjacent.

the sash, a nishing member 23 extending from the inside of the Wall andlapping the flange 17, and a channel strip QA: set between the sashesand the member 23, the sashes being pivoted to said strip.

2. The combination with a casing, of 'upper and lower reversibleswinging sashes, arms pivotally connecting the sashes res ectively andthe casing, and bars connecte at their opposite ends to the ends of thesashes.

3. The combination with a casing, of upper and lower reversible swingingsashes, arms pivotally connecting the sashes res ectively and thecasing, and bars connecte at their opposite ends to the ends of thesashes, the casing having guide grooves in the sides thereof, and theconnecting bars having ianges slidable in said grooves.

In testimony whereof, I do -aix my signature in presence of two witnees.

LEROY B. TAYLOR.

